Taupo Weekender
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Latest documents
- Homicide inquiry after man dies
at motel
An emergency housing motel in Taupō that is the scene of a homicide inquiry has been the subject of police attention more than 40 times in just over a year.
- Blizzard scene for well-paced thriller
FILM REVIEW
No Exit (R, 95 mins), screening now on Disney+
- Changes are on the horizon
It is time for a change.
- MĀORI WORD
The Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender supports Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission’s campaign to increase New Zealanders’ te reo Māori vocabulary by running a different Māori word to learn each week. This week’s word: marumaru - shade
- Kiwis losing millions to online scams
According to New Zealand Police’s Financial Intelligence Unit, Kiwis who get tricked into passing their money to love interests lose tens of millions of dollars annually to these scams.
- Farmer fined $35,000 for failing to care for his sheep
A South Waikato sheep and beef farmer has been fined $35,000 after failing to care for his sheep, leaving eight dead in a paddock.
- It was a hot, dry February until Cyclone Dovi blew in
February, the last month of summer, began hot, humid and very dry in Taupō but the passage of a weakening tropical Cyclone Dovi on February 11 brought a dramatic change in weather patterns.
- Taupō firefighters are good sorts
The Taupō District fire brigade are the latest recipient of the Good Sort award.
- Boost targets girls to get them into physical activity
Aprogramme coming to Taupō next month aims to help Kiwi girls unlock their talent and be their best selves.
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Featured documents
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Setting the record straight
Vaccine-related hospitalisations are being hushed upThere are many approaches to assessing the safety of vaccines after they’re introduced. One is to collect reports of adverse events that occur after the administration of vaccines, even if the vaccine might not have caused the event. These reports ...
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- Taupo’s rogue bore
If you didn’t know it was a crater, you might mistake it for one of the many gullies surrounding Taupo. Pine and gum trees grow around it and the edges are tangled in brambles....
- THUMBS UP AND DOWN
■Thumbs up to the staff at Taupo MSD for their understanding and for treating me with dignity and respect. It is not easy for a woman in her late 50s who has worked all her life to find herself in the situation of having to seek assistance due to unemployment. The staff at Taupo MSD were fantastic...
- CEO excited by new role and welcome
It’s 10 weeks in and Miraka’s new chief executive, Grant Watson, says that so far, it’s been a steep learning curve....
- Last resort: Tourism ‘suffering badly’
Taupō is at the epicentre of a tourism jobs crunch....
- Olympics ticket fulfils
Taupo triathlete’s goal
It’s the peak of sporting achievement and also a dream come true for triathlete Nicole van der Kaay....
- LIVING WITH HARLEY’S LIVELY electric motorcycle
Expectations rise as soon as you swing a leg over the Harley-Davidson Livewire, arguably the world’s most resolved electric motorcycle. Would the 15.5kWh battery store enough energy to enable the usual emotional bond between a two-wheeled machine and its rider?...